Goodbye Blog

On top of the Eiffel Tower!!!

The Louvre!!!

Having fun under the Eiffel Tower!

Home tomorrow!

Well I can't really put into words what an amazing summer I have had. Started off with Dayton to Daytona, Las Vegas, London, Dublin, Edinburgh, and ended in Paris. I have seen more than I ever thought possible in four months. This experience has opened my eyes to so many different things, taught me more than I ever would learn in a classroom, and shown me how many great things there are in this world to see and do.... Bascially this trip has changed my life...

Thank you Mommy and Daddy for making this summer possible for me! :)

Paris

First three pictures are from Dublin.

Next five from London.

And the rest are from Paris!!!

Paris is beautiful and amazing!!! Only bad thing is the language barrier but it really hasn't been as bad as I expected.

Alive and Well

Hi Everyone!!!

Just letting you know that were all okay. Just been really busy and not had the Internet to write. Today is our last night in London... we leave for Paris in the morning and then I'm home!!! It's been such a fun trip and I am so excited to go to Paris!!! I've dreamed about eating a dessert in a cafe and shopping there since I was a little girl! :)

I will be home Sunday at 4! Yay for having a cell phone, seeing family/boyfriend/pets/friends, having my own room, and my clothes (I've been altering ten shirts for six weeks) again!!!

DONE with school!!!

Mom, Aunt Debbie, and I at Temple Bar!

School is done!!!! I can't tell you how relieved I am... it was a really hard five weeks of classes!!! And I got good grades, so I am happy.

The family is here! Mom is passed out on the bed next to me right now... I met them for dinner yesterday, they were all exhausted from traveling and I was stressed about finals so it wasn't the most talkative dinner but it was so nice to see everyone. Just wish Daddy was here too! :)

Today after finals we met at The Temple Bar and had lunch and I had a beer to celebrate.... they have this beer here called Bulmers that tastes like cider. It is great!!! After lunch we went to Trinity College, which was beautiful. The library is breathtaking. I had remembered when I was looking at colleges and I looked at UK, they said that they tried to build their library off of Trinity's library... I can see why they'd want to copy it, it was amazing! We then went to Dublin Castle which was really cool!

Aunt Charlene, Aunt Debbie, and Kara had to go figure out a tour they are doing tomorrow so Mom and I went to pack my stuff up in my apartment... I didn't realize how much I had bought... I am going to be so over the weight limit... We have to figure that one out tomorrow... I guess my shopping addiction is not only bad for my budget but is becoming inconvenient.. opps :)s

Mom and I are on our own tomorrow because everyone else is going on a tour... Mom wants to go shopping but right now I don't feel like that's a good idea. :)

I miss home and everyone but am having the time of my life. Home in 10 days...

Last Few Days in Dublin

Mommy, Aunt Charlene, Aunt Debbie, and Kara come tomorrow!!! SO excited! It still seems weird that I haven't seen anyone in five weeks!

I have two more days of classes and then I am done... thank god! Six credits in four weeks is not easy...

Back to London on Saturday!!! Can't wait to show them around my favorite city!!!

Sorry I haven't been updating as much... I've been trying to focus on finals and everything.

I miss everyone! :)

Edinburgh!

Edinburgh! See mt burnt hair on the right side sticking out a mile! haha

Relative???

My travel buddy and I

Rain, rain ,rain

Bridge overlooking the city

People in their kilts!

At the park!

Jail!

This is my neighborhood!

Edinburgh, Scotland is the prettiest city I have ever seen!!! The pictures don't even begin to describe!

Melanie and I arrive Friday morning and spent the entire morning exploring. We took a FREE walking tour that afternoon, which was really cool! It did pour like I've never seen rain before though...

Saturday we walked the Royal Mile (it starts at the Edinburgh Castle and goes to the Queens Palace)... and we SHOPPED a ton!!! I bought so many souvenirs for everyone that it tripled my bag I brought for the weekends weight! After shopping we walked up this hill to a park that overlooked the entire city, which was beautiful... all the traveling for the past four weeks had made us exhausted so we passed out accidentally for a three hour nap in the park. I felt so much better afterwards!

Our hostel we stayed in was a little gross... we shared a room with five other women... and one shower for twenty people (boys and girls) I am officially saying this is the last time I will ever stay in a hostel because a in six months I can no longer consider myself a poor college student, thank god! :)

We arrived in Dublin today after an hour in customs... they wouldn't let me through because they didn't understand why I was only in Dublin for two weeks studying... haha

We came back and took a shower and then went to the famous jail here... which I can't remember how to spell, sorry! But it was really neat!

Tomorrow a bus tour of the city!

Sorry I haven't been writing much... its hard keeping this up!

Scotland

Off to Scotland tomorrow! I'll be back Sunday!!!